Alcorn softball team to play in Vicksburg in 2018

Published 12:25 pm Thursday, September 14, 2017

By Ernest Bowker

Alcorn State softball player Vanessa Sanders connects for a hit during a game against Kentucky State in February at Vicksburg High. Alcorn will play two doubleheaders at VHS’ field in February 2018. (Courtland Wells/Vicksburg Post)

For the second year in a row, Alcorn State’s softball team will play in Vicksburg.

The Lady Braves will play four games at Vicksburg High’s softball swamp field in February, the school announced Wednesday.

Alcorn will play a doubleheader against Spring Hill College on Feb. 14 at 4 p.m., and then another doubleheader against Kentucky State on Feb. 15 beginning at 5:15 p.m.

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The extended stay marks an expansion on last year’s one-day homestand in Vicksburg. Alcorn opened the 2017 season last February with a doubleheader against Kentucky State.

After the doubleheaders in Vicksburg next season, Alcorn will return to Lorman to play its on-campus home opener against Rust College on Feb. 17.

Alcorn’s season opener is Feb. 13 at Southern Miss. It will also play in tournaments at Louisiana Tech and Mississippi State early in the 2018 season.

About Ernest Bowker

Ernest Bowker is The Vicksburg Post's sports editor. He has been a member of The Vicksburg Post's sports staff since 1998, making him one of the longest-tenured reporters in the paper's 140-year history. The New Jersey native is a graduate of LSU. In his career, he has won more than 50 awards from the Mississippi Press Association and Associated Press for his coverage of local sports in Vicksburg.

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